Not sure if this was posted yet - my apologies, if it has.
via Football-Italia
Juventus director Beppe Marotta hit back at Zdenek Zeman and Walter Mazzarri, then revealed “there aren’t many easily available players.”
The transfer guru spoke ahead of tonight’s Serie A opener against Parma in...
:tup: Totally agree with this. The sums being thrown around for Lich is 10m-15m. And I don't think that extra 15M is going to bring in Dzeko/Llorente and Jovetic as much as I would love to believe it would.
I think Lich brings so much to the squad - IMO he is insellable.
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He failed to sign those players. Is 'fail' too strong a word for you? Then let's say he 'missed-out' on signing those players.
After missing out on Naingg and Behrami, Conte most likely asked for Padoin - in Juve's pre-season tour summer of 2011, Conte requested Padoin to join the squad of...
:sergio: Before this winter when he, again, tried to sign Nainggolan and Behrami, after failing to do so last summer, he then signed Padoin. Last summer he tried to get Nainggolan, then Behrami - after failing on both- then signed Vidal.
Let's not forget that the only reason the Vidal deal happened is because Marotta failed to sign Nainggolan, and then Behrami. The Vidal signing was happy luck that he turned out to be a champion.
Llorente and Dzeko are very similar; for me, Llorente has the edge as he tends to track back more - which is what Conte asks of his strikers - although I don't have a direct quote to prove it.
Ultimately it means nothing. True. But if reading about speculation bothers you, what are you doing in the transfer thread? For all the direct quotes and hard facts we share on here? Or for us to figure out what reports have more credibility - particularly as we do not work for the club and do...
It's been widely reported for some time. Here's a few articles. Another person a few pages back posted more.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/374402/20120816/arsenal-transfer-rumours-hernandez-llorente-van-persie.htm
http://www.football-italia.net/23478/arsenal-want-juve-target-llorente...